1927 SANFL season

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1927 SANFL season
Teams8
Premiers West Adelaide
5th premiership
Minor premiers West Adelaide
1st minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Bruce McGregor
West Adelaide
Ken Farmer Medallist Jack Owens
Glenelg (80 Goals)
Matches played72
Highest33,222 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. North Adelaide)
  1926
1928  

The 1927 South Australian National Football League season was the 48th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia and was the first season under its current name.

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Ladder

1927 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 West Adelaide (P)1714301560116857.1828
2 North Adelaide 1711601397104057.3222
3 Port Adelaide 1710701289109654.0520
4 West Torrens 1710701211119350.3720
5 Sturt 1710701152118549.2920
6 Norwood 1771001309141448.0714
7 Glenelg 1741301210143245.808
8 South Adelaide 1721501077167739.114
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Grand Final

1927 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 1 October West Adelaide def. North Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 33,222)
2.1 (13)
5.4 (34)
8.7 (55)
 10.11 (71)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
3.6 (24)
5.8 (38)
7.8 (50)
 9.10 (64)

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References

  1. "Australian Football – () – Season 1927". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2015.